Car statistics for Portugal

In 2024, 210,411 new passenger cars were registered in Portugal, of which 19.9% were electric. For comparison, the EV share in the EU was 13.5%.

New cars (2024)
210,411
EV share
19.9%
Total car fleet (2024)
6,135,517

EV share of new cars over time

Electric vehicle share of new passenger cars in Portugal per year
20130.2%
20140.1%
20150.4%
20160.4%
20170.9%
20182.0%
20193.1%
20205.4%
20219.2%
202211.6%
202318.2%
202419.9%

New passenger cars by fuel (2024)

New passenger car registrations in Portugal by fuel (2024)
Petrol71,537 (34.0%)
Electric41,772 (19.9%)
Hybrid35,301 (16.8%)
Plug-in hybrid28,410 (13.5%)
Diesel18,261 (8.7%)
Gas15,121 (7.2%)
Other9 (0.0%)

New registrations per year

New passenger car registrations in Portugal per year
2013105,921
2014142,826
2015178,495
2016207,330
2017224,037
2018228,139
2019223,674
2020145,270
2021146,641
2022158,258
2023200,237
2024210,411

Car fleet by age (2024)

60.3% of passenger cars in Portugal are older than 10 years.

Passenger cars in Portugal by age (2024)
Under 2 years584,612 (9.5%)
2–5 years605,086 (9.9%)
5–10 years1,248,344 (20.3%)
10–20 years1,943,933 (31.7%)
Over 20 years1,753,542 (28.6%)

Car fleet by fuel (2024)

Of 6,135,517 registered passenger cars in Portugal, 41.6% run on petrol, 54.2% on diesel and 4.2% on other fuels (electric, hybrid and gas).

Car fleet in Portugal by fuel (2024)
Petrol2,551,586 (41.6%)
Diesel3,326,068 (54.2%)
Other (electric/hybrid/gas)257,863 (4.2%)

CO2 emissions of new cars (2024)

New passenger cars in Portugal emitted on average 86.8 g CO2/km in 2024. The EU average was 107.9 g/km, so Portugal is below the average.

Average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in Portugal (g/km)
2010127.2 g
2011122.8 g
2012117.6 g
2013112.2 g
2014108.8 g
2015105.7 g
2016104.7 g
2017126.9 g
2018128.6 g
2019132.6 g
2020118 g
2021107.1 g
2022103.1 g
202389.8 g
202486.8 g

EV charging stations

Portugal has 6,392 public EV charging stations mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 59.5 per 100,000 inhabitants). See the EV charging ranking.

Road safety (2024)

Portugal recorded 5.8 road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (618 in total) in 2024. The EU average was 4.4 per 100,000, so Portugal is above the EU average. See the road safety ranking.

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